Parliamentary questions

International Protection

Alan Kelly

855. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many appeals were lodged by email and hard copy, respectively, to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12189/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

856. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice when retaining external decision-making service providers, how much her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal spent on couriers and An Post in transmitting papers to the service providers in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12190/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

857. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the person or body that the agreement is made with by external services providers for the provision of decision-making services in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12191/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

858. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how much external service providers were paid per decision in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 and if the payment is subject to withholding tax. [12192/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

859. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if there has been a request for additional or increased payment by service providers to her Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12193/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

860. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how much her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal spent on translation services in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12194/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

861. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many appeals were scheduled to be heard online and how many appeals were heard online, in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12195/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

862. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many appeals were scheduled for in-person hearings and how many in-person hearings were held in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12196/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

863. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how much her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal spent on facilities; and how much they spent on online hearing facilities, respectively, in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12197/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

890. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many unsuccessful applicants for protection under the 2015 Act left Ireland in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12379/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

892. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for international protection within the meaning of the International Protection Act 2015 that were lodged at the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12397/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

893. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions were made granting/refusing international protection by the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12398/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

894. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applications for subsidiary protection were lodged at the IPO for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12399/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

895. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions were made granting/refusing subsidiary protection by the IPO for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12400/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

896. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many cases were progressed through Dublin III for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12401/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

897. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applicants were directed to return to the first county under Dublin III for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12402/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

898. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applicants returned to first countries/ left Ireland after a decision under Dublin III for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12403/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

899. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many cases were considered as inadmissible for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12404/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

900. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applicants were returned to third countries where their claims had been previously considered and determined for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12405/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

901. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applications were not progressed/ deemed withdrawn for non-engagement or attendance for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12406/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

902. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many Department staff were engaged exclusively at the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12407/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

903. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the interviews with applicants under section 35(12) of the International Protection Act 2015 were conducted by employees of the Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12408/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

904. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the interviews with applicants under section 35(12) of the International Protection Act 2015 were conducted by external service providers to the Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12409/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

905. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of all of the interviews carried out at the IPO, under section 35(12) of the International Protection Act 2015 were conducted using or requiring the services of a translator in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12410/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

906. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many employees of the Department/IPO were engaged exclusively in determining applications under the International Protection Act 2015 in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12411/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

907. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, engaged in section 35(12) interviews, the IPO had available to it in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12412/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

908. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in fewer than five section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12413/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

909. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in between five and ten section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12414/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

910. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in between 10 and 15 section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12415/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

911. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in 15 or more section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12416/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

912. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice in arriving at their conclusions in the report prepared pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, how many applications for international protection are rejected on credibility grounds, by employees of the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12417/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

913. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice in arriving at their conclusions in the report prepared pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, how many applications for international protection are rejected on credibility grounds by external service providers in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12418/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

914. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the reports of the IPO, prepared pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015 have as primary author, an employee of the Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12419/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

915. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the reports prepared by the IPO, pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, have been authored by external service providers, and subject to supervision/signing by the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12420/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

916. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many reports, prepared pursuant section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, were prepared in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12421/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

917. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the recommendations provided in the reports were not followed by the Minister in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12422/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

918. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the recommendations provided in the reports were followed by the Minister in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12423/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

919. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many letter notices pursuant to section 40 of the International Protection Act 2015 were issued in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12424/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

920. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many letters, enclosing notices pursuant to section 40 of the International Protection Act 2015 were sent by way of registered post in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12425/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

921. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many registered letters, enclosing notices pursuant to section 40 of the International Protection Act 2015 were returned to the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12426/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

1086. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any commitment was ever given to anyone by the Department or the Minister that the number of international protection applicants placed in a facility (details supplied) would be limited to a certain capacity; if so what was the limit committed to and was that honoured; did he make any similar commitments for any other international protection applicant locations and if so, where and when [11607/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

1087. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following on from the reply received to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 13 February 2024, what progress has been made since that reply by his Department regarding the purchase of a hotel (details supplied) to become a community hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11649/24]

General Practitioner Services

Alan Kelly

1233. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for health for an update on the progress being made for the proposed reopening of a health centre in Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11634/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Alan Kelly

1234. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the urgent need to expand a health centre in Wicklow (details supplied) to allow wheelchair access for patients with mobility issues and to construct an additional room for medical consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11635/24]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

1241. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 28 February 2024, the date on which he last requested this advice; in what format that advice was given; who gave the advice; and if he will publish this advice (details supplied). [11667/24]

Ministerial Meetings

Alan Kelly

1295. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if in the coming weeks he will meet mid-west Oireachtas members and mid-west Health Forum members to discuss the crisis in the UHL hospital group. [11931/24]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

1341. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the new 96-bed block of beds that are being constructed for UHL will be all new beds for the hospital; if not, if some of them be replacement beds; if so, the number of new and replacement beds, respectively; and the net increase in beds as a result. [12132/24]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

1342. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date on which he expects the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital to move to operating 24-hour care. [12138/24]

Hospital Staff

Alan Kelly

1377. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the GP streaming service for UHL Hospital that was announced by the CEO of the HSE recently will commence operating; the way in which it will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12368/24]

Nursing Homes

Alan Kelly

1416. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the decision was made to open the new community nursing home in Nenagh as a step-down facility for UHL patients; who made the decision to do this; and on what date this will commence. [12540/24]